Casimir energy of dielectric systems
Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
A new formula for the Casimir energy of a dispersive dilute dielectric ball is discussed. The formula for the Casimir energy of a polarizable particle situated in a perfectly conducting wedge-shaped cavity is derived by a path-integral coordinate space method in quantum field theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0202057,
title = {Casimir energy of dielectric systems},
author = {Valery N. Marachevsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0202057},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Latex 2e, 4 pages, no figures, a talk given at the International Meeting "Quantum Gravity and Spectral Geometry" (Naples, Italy, July 2-7, 2001)